2803, 2018

Philosophy: new acquisitions for SOAS Library in February & March 2018

By Mary Fisk|March 28, 2018|Philosophy, Religions|

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Philosophy collections February and March 2018. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in  Comparative and thematic A dictionary of philosophy of religion / edited by Charles Taliaferro and Elsa J. Marty. – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10250910

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2108, 2015

Sociology of Islam journal now in SOAS Library

By Mary Fisk|August 21, 2015|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

SOAS Library has recently acquired both print and electronic subscriptions to the new Brill journal Sociology of Islam from Vol.1 (2013) onward. The publishers state that the journal will cover the  “modern social, political and economic transformations in Muslim Societies through the lens of sociological analysis, social theory, industrialization, modernity, social movements, secularism and political economy” We are awaiting the arrival of the print issues, but e-access is now live

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2002, 2015

Religions – December 2014 and January 2015.

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 20, 2015|Religions|0 comments

General and thematic Convulsing bodies: religion and resistance in Foucault / Mark D. Jordan The myth of religious violence: secular ideology and the roots of modern conflict / William T. Cavanaugh The devil: a new biography / Philip C. Almond Logical positivism [by] C.A. Qadir. Global religious movements across borders: sacred service / edited by Stephen M. Cherry [&] Helen Rose Ebaugh Medicine and religion: a historical introduction / Gary

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1510, 2013

Religions – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 15, 2013|Religions|0 comments

e-books Sufism and society: arrangements of the mystical in the Muslim world, 1200-1800 / edited by John J. Curry and Erik S. Ohlander. [e-book from Dawsonera] Mahāyāna Buddhism: the doctrinal foundations / Paul Williams. [e-book from ebrary] Yoga traveling : bodily practice in transcultural perspective / Beatrix Hauser, editor. [e-book from Dawsonera] Zoroastrianism: an introduction / Jenny Rose. [e-book from ebrary] What the Buddha thought / Richard Gombrich. [e-book from

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